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BP May Attempt to Plug Oil Leak With Mud Next Week (Update1)
May 21 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc said it may attempt to plug an oil leak 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico next week by stuffing it with drilling mud, a procedure that has never been tried that deep.
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Thanks for checking out the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, walk step-by-step with the President as he honors our nations top police officers, mourns officers killed in the line of duty, meets with top cabinet members about containing the BP oil leak in the Gulf, signs the Freedom of the Press act, welcomes the NCAA Women’s Basketball Champs UConn Huskies, travels to Youngstown, Ohio to visit a steel factory, hosts a State Dinner for the President of Mexico, and informs the American people on what Wall Street reform will mean for them.

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Friday, May 14th

President Obama congratulates TOP COPS for being true heroes
President Obama delivers remarks about the ongoing response the the Deepwater BP oil spill

Saturday, May 15th

President Obama honors fallen law enforcement officers

Sunday, May 16th

The First Lady gives the commencement address at George Washington University

Monday, May 17th

President Obama signs the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act

President Obama congratulates the UConn Huskies on their second straight NCAA championship

Tuesday, May 18th

President Obama visits Youngstown, Ohio and talks about creating new jobs

Wednesday, May 19th

President Obama welcomes President Calderon and Mrs. Zavala of Mexico to the White House
President Obama and the First Lady host the State Dinner with Mexico

Arun Chaudhary is the official White House videographer

White House.gov Blog Feed

BP Official: Leaking Gulf Oil Well to Be Shut ‘Hopefully Within a Week’
In a newsmaker interview, Jeffrey Brown talks to BP Managing Director Robert Dudley about the gulf oil leak, as lawmakers point blame at the company, nearly a month after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
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ABC’s This Week panel discusses the BP oil spill. visit: firedoglake.com

White House response to BP oil spill

Latest bp oil spill 2010 images:

Photo of the Week – An oil-free brown pelican soars over Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (FL)

Image by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region

NOAA Oil Slick Map – May 2-7, 2010

Image by SkyTruth

Government Video

Website of the Week: Oil Creep From NASA Government Video Like the worst train wreck of all time, the massive oil spill creeping toward the Gulf Coast is hard to look away from. The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, … and more »

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Telegraph.co.uk

The Gulf oil spill: By the numbers The Week Magazine Photo: Getty President Obama recently called the massive oil slick spreading in the Gulf of Mexico a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster. … Oil Spill Proves It's Obama Who Is All Hat and NoFOXNews Bid to enact energy bill might survive Gulf spillThe Associated Press Gulf oil spill: giant containment box towed to siteLos Angeles Times india-server.com –New Zealand Herald –MarketWatch all 14,879 news articles »

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msnbc.com

Oil Spill Update: Gulf Oil Geyser Will Take at Least a Week to Cap KidGlue The environmental disaster that has been playing out in the Gulf of Mexico is only getting worse. … White House Defends Gulf Oil Response In 6200-Word Blog PostingWall Street Journal BP gives Congress gloomy outlook on gulf oil spillLos Angeles Times Visualizing the Gulf oil spill in layersmsnbc.com FOXNews (blog) –Helium –NorthEscambia.com all 10,897 news articles »

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Another week at least of unabated Gulf oil geyser The Associated Press At that rate, it would eclipse the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill — which dumped 11 million gallons off the Alaska coast — as the worst US oil disaster in … and more »

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In BP’s best-case scenario, oil geyser could gush unabated for another week of devastation
Out of work fishermen enlist to be hired to lay oil booms to protect their fishing grounds in preparation for the looming oil spill from the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in Hopedale, La., Sunday, May 2, 2010.

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